‘HH’ gives prosecution memory stick of Castaño

[Judi Lynn]

‘HH’ gives prosecution memory stick of Castaño
July 10th, 2008 ·

Former paramilitary warlord Éver ‘HH’ Veloza García surprised Colombia’s prosecution Wednesday by handing in a memory stick allegedly belonging to Carlos Castaño, the murdered number one of the AUC.

According to ‘HH’ the memory stick contains copies of letters sent by Castaño to commanders of the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), e-mails from members of Colombia’s security forces and the testament of Castaño himself.

‘HH’ told prosecutors the memory stick also contains information about “Operation Tornado”, a failed government operation to infiltrate the paramilitary organization. The operation failed, ‘HH’ said, because infiltrators and informants within the security forces always kept him informed.

The demobilized paramilitary chief said he received the memory stick, some documents and Castaño’s computer on the day he was murdered, but was only able to keep the memory stick.

‘HH’ confirmed stories by other paramilitaries that the abduction of opposition senator Piedad Córdoba and the murder on Colombian journalist / comedian Jaime Garzón were carried out by the AUC. He denied versions of fellow warlord ‘Ernesto Báez’ that the ELN was responsible for the kidnapping.

http://colombiareports.com/2008/07/10/hh-gives-prosecution-memory-stick-of-castano/

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1. Operation Tornado

Probably failed because the AUC had already infiltrated the Colombian army. Irony.